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Tensions arise over the menu and cooking for the party in the garden. Olga has met a new man. Stars Paola Dionisotti.

Gillian lives with her 19-year-old daughter and elderly mother, plus her beloved boxer dog.

Life is a constant balancing act, lived in the eye of the storm.

Tensions arise over the menu and cooking for the party in the garden. New friends are made.

Starring Paola Dionisotti.

Series based on the original stories by Michele Hanson.

Written by Michele Hanson and Sally Warboyes.

Gillian ... Paola Dionisotti
Bernice ... Edna Doré
Chloe ... Luisa Bradshaw-White
Boyfriend ... John Rowe
Olga ... Frances Jeater
Fielding ... Bruce Alexander

Director: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.

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15 minutes

Last on

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